Jose M. Saavedra

Jose (Pepe) Saavedra is Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is a pediatric gastroenterologist, clinician, investigator, and medical and science business executive. 

Dr. Saavedra created and developed the Johns Hopkins Children’s Nutrition Center which he directed for ten years and where he carried out ground-breaking research in the area of enteral microbiota and diarrheal disease. Until recently he also held the position of Chief Medical Officer of Nestlé Nutrition, in Vevey, Switzerland. 

Dr. Saavedra has an extensive record of publications in the areas of nutrition research, clinical nutrition, intestinal dysfunction, microbiota, and disease preventive nutritional strategies with a focus on early life nutrition and long-term health.